Religious Studies GCSE
Personal faith vs communal faith
What Personal faith vs communal faith means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Personal faith vs communal faith
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Baptists and Pentecostals argue baptism should follow personal faith, whereas infant baptism welcomes the child into the global Christian family.
Topics that use Personal faith vs communal faith
- Christianity - 3.1.2.2 Practices (AQA GCSE)
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- Atonement
- Believers' baptism
- Biblical interpretation
- Charity
- Christianity in modern Britain
- Community cohesion
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